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1) Kidnapped
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After the death of his father, the seventeen-year-old orphan David Balfour discovers the existence of an uncle, and sets off in search of him. His uncle Ebenezer is far from welcoming, however, and David, after barely escaping with his life, finds himself kidnapped and bound for America, where he is to be sold into slavery. Yet when the hot-headed Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart comes on board, David soon finds himself thrust into a perilous adventure,...
2) The rake
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A man who tries to regain his heritage and to claim his place as master of an estate discovers that his estate manager is a woman, who promises him a future and a good life.
3) The heiress
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A wealthy girl falls in love with a penniless man her father is sure only wants her for her money. When she plans to elope, her father threatens to disinherit her. Will she still go through with the marriage?
4) Next of kin
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From the bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and "one of the most imaginative and adventurous of the young Irish novelists working today" (Irish Independent) comes John Boyne's Next of Kin.
Boyne steps into the drawing rooms and private clubs of the prewar English aristocracy to offer an unobstructed view of a social elite driven by the conflicting desires to uphold tradition and to acquire
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Criterion collection volume 325
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Louis Mazzini seeks to avenge his mother's disinheritance by ascending to her family's dukedom. To do this, he must kill eight of his relatives in the d'Ascoyne family.
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Jaafar Ibrahim Sayyed al-Rawi is guided by his motto, “let life be filled with holy madness to the last breath.” He narrates his life story to a friend during one long night in a café in old Cairo. Through a series of bad decisions, he has lost everything: his family, his position in society, and his fortune. A man driven by his passions, he married a beautiful Bedouin nomad for love, and as a consequence pays a punishingly high price. From a...
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Polish
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"Dla trojga rodzeństwa nastają ciężkie czasy. Kiedy ich ojciec umiera, okazuje się, że spadek, ogromny majątek, otrzymuje nieznana nikomu Barbara Tryźnianka. Rozsierdzone rodzeństwo postanawia za wszelką cenę odnaleźć tajemniczą kobietę.Jednakże o Barbarze Tryźniance nikt nigdy nie słyszał i nikt jej nigdy nie widział. Jakby zapadła się pod nią ziemia. Kim jest kobieta wskazana przez ojca na wykonawczynię testamentu? Jak ją...
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